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A Milestone on the Road to Independence? Singapore’s Catastrophic 1954 Floods
The flooding in Singapore in 1954 was one of the most significant floods on the island in the twentieth century.
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A Killer Air: Delineating Disaster in Mexico City
A noxious air forces Mexico City to confront its unwavering urbanizing and industrializing mission in the late twentieth century.
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Hydroelectric Power and the Ashio Copper Mine
This article explores the history and effects of the (hydro)electrification of the Ashio Copper Mine.
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The First Cholera Epidemic in St. Petersburg
The first cholera epidemic in St. Petersburg, then capital of the Russian Empire, brought to light the city’s enormous sanitary problems. During the course of the epidemic 12,540 people sickened and 6,449 died.
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Cosmology of the Ergene River Pollution
This article investigates the pollution of the Ergene River as an outcome of the hegemonic cosmology in Turkey.
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City Sanitation Regulations in the Coventry Mayor’s Proclamation of 1421
On 25 January 1421, the newly elected mayor of Coventry, England issued a proclamation that gives us insights into medieval urban sanitation concerns and their regulation in the later medieval period.
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Development and Degradation in the Lakes of Lapsista and Ioannina from the 1950s to the Present
With the drying of its sister lake for purposes of agricultural development, Pamvotis is suffering accelerating degradation.
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Onions and Tires in Sodom and Gomorrah
Agbogbloshie (Ghana) is an unnerving and fascinating example of human ingenuity, but at the same time an environmental and social tragedy.
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Between Salt and Water: The Environmental Crisis at Sambhar Lake, Rajasthan, India
Across a century and a half, colonial, private and government salt farming at Sambhar has transformed the ecology of the lake and caused a slow cataclysm of pollution, affecting wildlife and livelihoods.